lorategi
Basque
Etymology
From lora- (combining form of lore (“flower”)) + -tegi (“place”). The "anthology" sense is a semantic loan from Spanish florilegio.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /loɾateɡi/ [lo.ɾa.t̪e.ɣ̞i]
- Rhymes: -eɡi, -i
- Hyphenation: lo‧ra‧te‧gi
Noun
lorategi inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | lorategi | lorategia | lorategiak |
| ergative | lorategik | lorategiak | lorategiek |
| dative | lorategiri | lorategiari | lorategiei |
| genitive | lorategiren | lorategiaren | lorategien |
| comitative | lorategirekin | lorategiarekin | lorategiekin |
| causative | lorategirengatik | lorategiarengatik | lorategiengatik |
| benefactive | lorategirentzat | lorategiarentzat | lorategientzat |
| instrumental | lorategiz | lorategiaz | lorategiez |
| inessive | lorategitan | lorategian | lorategietan |
| locative | lorategitako | lorategiko | lorategietako |
| allative | lorategitara | lorategira | lorategietara |
| terminative | lorategitaraino | lorategiraino | lorategietaraino |
| directive | lorategitarantz | lorategirantz | lorategietarantz |
| destinative | lorategitarako | lorategirako | lorategietarako |
| ablative | lorategitatik | lorategitik | lorategietatik |
| partitive | lorategirik | — | — |
| prolative | lorategitzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- lorategi botaniko (“botanic garden”)
- lorategi-hiri (“garden city”)
Further reading
- “lorategi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “lorategi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005